... rather a side-project-type-thingy that Carol and Peter were working on last year in Australia. The band is called Me & Stupid and the CD comes out at the end of January, unfortunately only in the Netherlands, but it can be downloaded starting in May from the site http://www.inacabinwith.com, or ordered online. Here's the first single, 14th Floor:

Not taken by me, I live in Portland and have never been to Chicago, except maybe once for a plane layover. Anyway, these are both awesome sound/video quality. BTW they made a mistake on the date, it should say 2010, not 2001:

EDIT: Okay, the videos aren't going to work for a little while. I had posted a comment about the wrong date on one of the videos, and the guy sent me a message on YouTube and said thanks for finding the typo, but he would have to take the videos down entirely in order to fix it. So they'll probably be down for a couple of days. He said he'd let me know when they're back up, so I'll repost when they are. He also said he had about an hour of footage from the Chicago show.

edit again: although he didn't say when he was planning on taking them down to fix them, so they might still work for a while. But if you try to play them and it says they're down, the above edit is why ^_^

Grandson of Edit: Videos are back up! :D Post has been edited with correct embed code.

Man, this comm is just about dead, isn't it? *pulls out defibrillator paddles* Clear! *bzzzzzt!* More people need to be Betties fans, for serious. Just thought I'd post a video and a link to one as well. This is my second-favorite track off Pharmacy Of Love:

(Except that Jan 11 is a Monday, and CDs are released on Tuesdays at least here in the States. So I dunno if it means Jan 11 everywhere, or just in Europe, and the US gets it like on the 12th or on a later date.)

As you may or may not know, Carol van Dyk has an alt-country/americana side-project with Pascal Deweze of Sukilove. They are called Chitlin' Fooks and I managed to find both of their CDs at my favorite record store. I bought the debut and I love it more and more with every listen. Check it out if you can find it. My favorite track is "Seen it All" which is on their MySpace: http://myspace.com/chitlinfooks

I emailed Carol on her MySpace when I found it and she said she was surprised I did, as "it was only a small release!" A few weeks later I emailed her again to tell her I loved the debut CD, and she asked me if I'd heard Sukilove yet. I hadn't, so I checked them out, and loved them instantly. I need to find one of their CDs as well.